NAGASAKI NIGHTMARE

   Σήμερα από τις 16.00 και μέχρι τις 17.00 στον Up 'n' Loud Web Radio θα θυμηθούμε μαζί τον σπουδαίο blues κιθαρίστα Mike Bloomfield και τον μοναδικό crooner Nat King Cole. Για τα γενέθλιά τους, θα ευχηθούμε χρόνια πολλά με τη μουσική τους, στους Ali Campbell (UB40), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Ronnie Vannucci Jr (The Killers, Big Talk), ενώ θα κάνουμε τα καθιερωμένα μας flashback για να ακούσουμε τους Ramones από το LP 'End Of The Century', τον Elvis Costello από το 'Get Happy!!' και τον Klaus Nomi στον πρώτο του δίσκο. Και τα τρία άλμπουμ είχαν κυκλοφορήσει σαν σήμερα. Σαν σήμερα είχε κυκλοφορήσει το 1981 κι ένα από τα σημαντικότερα τραγούδια που ακούστηκαν από την punk rock σκηνή της Αγγλίας...

CRASS - 'Nagasaki Nightmare'

They're always there high in the skies...
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Pretty as a picture in the generals' eyes
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
They've done it once, they'll do it again
They'll shower us all in their deadly rain
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare

Fishing children fish in the Imperial Waters
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Sons and lovers, lovers and daughters
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Cherry Blossom hanging on the cherry blossom tree
Flash, blinding flash, then there's nothing to see
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare

Dying they're still dying, one by one
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Darkness in the land of the rising sun
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Lesson learnt the lesson? No, cos no one really cares
It's so easy to be silent just to cover up your fears
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare

So they die in the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
And live with the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Will you stand by and let it happen again?
Nightmare death in the deadly rain
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare

Live with the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
And die in the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare
Nightmare comes in deadly rain
Nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, rain
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki nightmare

Manmade power, manmade pain, Nagasaki nightmare
Deadly rain, deadly rain, Nagasaki nightmare
They'll do it again, shower us in rain
Deadly, deadly, deadly rain
Nagasaki nightmare, Nagasaki Nightmare

Words and music by Crass

Lead vocals by Eve Libertine

Recorded and mixed at Southern Studios August 1980

 

Crass' best moments:

1. 'Nagasaki Nightmare'

2. 'Poison In A Pretty Pill'

3. 'Systematic Death'

4. 'Reality Asylum'

5. 'How Does It Feel To Be The Mother Of 1000 Dead?'

6. 'Do They Owe Us A Living?'

7. 'Mother Earth'

8. 'Have A Nice Day'

9. 'System'

10. 'Bata Motel'